Weighing scale



Dec. 12, 1944 L. s. WILLIAMS 2,364,837

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Filed Dec. 4, 1941 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 Lawrenae 5. M/flfiams INVENTOR By W ATTORN EYS Dec. 12 1944.

L. s. WILLIAMS 2,364,837

WEIGHING SCALE Filed Dec. 4, 1941 s Sheets-Sheet s Lqmws'nce 5. VV/W/ams E 7 I W Patented Dec. 12, 1944 UNIT STAT ES- PATENT QF F 'ICE Y i 2,364,837 I WEIGHING SCALE;-

Lawren e; W ll ams Toledo: Scale Company. rationot New. Jersey. Application December 4, 1941; Serial No. 421,629

' dor O io.v s or o Toledo,v Ohio, a.. corpo- This invention relates tolweig hing scales, and more particularly to weighingscales which pro jecta greatly magnified'finiage of a transparent. chart onto a screen to indicate weights, of loads placed upon the scale.

The purpose ofthis typeofscale is tonp fovid e lar e. legible indicia Whi'ch cover a. wide range in magnitude ofweightrwithout requiring such 1 large movable. charts or. long movement of an indicator as would be required't show a, com,- par ly l r numb r ndi ia niscales of more conve t n l. yp s; uchasdial; an, r cyl n er s le s. a proiect n scal r me on f. the, major dif c lti s with t er. ypesois ales which isthe provision ofgsufiicient indiiciav to in-... dicate relatively minor changes in the weights of.

loads. .1 he Scale. a d yet, to cover a sufllciently large range to indicate the weights of greatly varying lo s Macedon escale,

In a w i mn scale, t e.- mdi a n mechanism must be, kept li ht. nough. n. so. thatits movement ,Will exert'nolforce onthescale mechanism and thus cause inaccuracy in the scale.

Similarly, although indicia may be spread on a, large chart, the size, of. th hart s imited. y the di ance throu h which. a weighin scale, is-

bleuto move, an indica or In apr iecti e. ca e,

the actual chart. movedeby t e scale itself may sensitive; so. that the. benefits tQ be derived from the greatly, enlarged image will note rcomeby inaccuracies ,therein' resulting. from laccuracies.in thescjale mechanism. he very reduction in, size of the, movableportion, of the indicatin mechanism and the elimination of. racks and, pinions, by the,- elimination of move able indicators, is a long; step towardxeliminat,

ing, a source oimuch inaccuracy, inthe convenp tional w ighing scal but, his a a n r quir s th t.

the. projecting scale, be accurately and careiiilly constructed.

many. pr je ing, syst n1,.and p rticularly s in one such as is employed-in, a projecting scale,

where, the purposes are, togreatly magnify min ute indicia, to afford, legibility, the transparency throu h which the light passes, must be t n r.- mal to the beam and iniocus, andjth indicia thereonm-ust be kept in line with the beam, so i that the proj ted ima e will, e ri clear, sharp. andteasily and accurately readable.

some. proj cting. c es. r other type of. pr jecting. measurin instruiri nts.. have sc eens. which are mounted in frames and heldin place by molding compositions; such as putty; in which they may be correctly positioned while the com-- position is soft and then, when the material hardens, are permanently secured to the frame. The objection to this type of mounting is twofold; First; it adds weight to; the mechanism which may diminish its accuracy and, second;

compositions of such typedo notretain-theirsize andforrn but shrink and expand which is very likely to cause warpage of the transparent scale, to force it out of'position or even to-brealcih If any of these changes take place the result is to cause the scale to give a blurred on fuzzy indication or one which is to be easily read andmay necessitate the removal of the transparent chart and itsreplacement or reassembly in'the scale.' Such-reassembl y and, realignment maymay cause a long delayor: period of-inoperativenesswhile being'done.

It is an object ofthi'sinvention to proj tin le.- loads placed on such scale-inclearly; legible pro.- jected' indications.

It is another objectof this-invention to provide a projectingscale having a transparent chart 7 the alignment and position ofwhich can' easily be adjusted and changed-ir-necessary.-

further objectofthis inventionis to providea mountingfor; the transparent-chart of a projection measuring inst-ru-mentiwhichcan be ad-..

justed to change the position of such chart in one direction or in one; plane; without affecting its position or adjustment in another directionor-plane.

More specific objects and advantagesareapparent from the descr ption; in w-hicl reference is had to the aceompanying drawings illustrating; a preferredforrn of scale embodying the invention.

Inthe drawings-zv Fig. l: is a viewin weighing scale associated'wi-tha device embodying the invention.

Fig; 11 is aviewin elevation, greatly enlarged; of aprojecting scale embodying the invention, c ertairiparts being broken awayand certain parts beingshown insectiom Fig. III is a; greatly enlarged fragmentary sectional' viewofa pivotal-moun-ting-for an oscillating portion of the device-shown in -Fig. II.

Eig. 1V is avert-realsectional view taken on the line Iv -IV f-Fig.

Fig. V is; a vertical sectionalview-taken on the line V-V' of Eig. 11;

Fig, VI'is an enlarged fragmentary view, partly in section, taken on the line VI'-V I ofFig. V'.

Fig. VII is a horizontal sectional view'taken, substantially n the line VI'I -VIL of" Fig. V.

Fig. VIII is a fragmentary plan view taken from too=poorlyilluminated be verydifiicult and provide aindicating the weightof elevation of a conventional the position indicated by the line VIII-VIII of Fig. V.

Fig. IX is a vertical sectional view taken on the line IX IX of Fig. VII.

Fig. X is a fragmentary view in elevation on an enlarged scale taken from the position indicated by the line X-X of Fig. V.

Fig. XI is a fragmentary view, partly in section, taken on the line XIXI of Fig. X.

Fig. XII is a fragmentary view in perspective of a portion of the mechanism illustrated in Fi ures X and XI.

Fig. XIII is a fragmentary view in elevation taken from the position indicated by the line XIII-XIII in Fig. V.

Fig. XIV is a greatly enlarged detail view taken on the line XIV-XIV of Fig. XIII.

Fig. XV is a fragmentary View taken from the position indicated by the line XVXV of Fig. XIV.

These specific drawings and .the specific de scription that follows merely disclose and illustrate the invention and are not intended to impose limitations upon the claims.

Mounted on a main stand H1 in a fulcrum J bracket H is a weighing scale beam |2 which is connected to the load receiving portion of the scale (not shown) by means of a steelyard rod |3 having a bearing in its upper end which rides on the load pivot of the beam I2. The beam 2 has poises 4 and a trig and locking loop 5 for counterbalancing tare weight and indicating balance. A pivot l6, mounted in the nose end of of the beam l2, supports a bearing |1 (Fig. II) which is mounted in the upper end of a link I8, the lower end of which is pivotally connected to one end of a main lever l9 extending from a housing 26 of the projecting scale. The housing is attached to a base 2|, by means of thumb screws 22, and the base 2| is mounted on the stand 10.

The lever 19 consists of an outwardly extending arm 23 (Fig. V) which is removably attached to the end of a pipe body 24 projecting through an opening 25 in the rear of the housing 20, the pipe body 24, and a second arm 26 which is integrally constructed with the body 24 and extends horizontally therefrom in the opposite direction from the arm 23 (Fig. VII). The arm 23 of the lever l9 may be detached therefrom by unscrewing a thumb screw 21 (see also Fig. IX) removing a cap 28 and taking the arm 23 off pins 29. The pins 29 snugly fit into holes 30 bored through the end of the arm 23 in radially spaced parallel relationship and are driven into similarly bored holes 3| in a sleeve 32 which slides over and around the pipe body 24 engaging studs 33 which project from the pipe body 24 in slots in the wall of the sleeve 32. By means of the pins 29, the arm 23 may be mounted on the pipe body 24 in the position shown in the drawings, or it may be rotated with respect to the body 24 to vary the angular relationship between the arms 23 and 26 so that the arm 26 can remain horizontal and the arm 23 be connected to various types of weighing scales to permit the housing 20 to be located above, below or to either side of the connection point with the weighing scale. The pipe body 24 is rigidly connected to the arm 23 when they are assembled, by. means of the pins 29 and the studs 33 engaged in the sleeve 32. The pipe body 24 is mounted for rockable movement on its axis on ball bearings 34 (Fig. IX) which are fitted into the interior of the pipe body 24. Brackets 35 extend upwardly from the base 2| of the scale through slots 36 in the wall of the pipe body 24 and have at their upper ends horizontal axles 31 on which the bearings 34 rotate.

The arm 26 extends horizontally within the housing 20 and has attached to its furthermost end a plunger rod 38 which extends downwardly into a motion damping dashpot 39. A bracket 46 (Figs. II and VII) is located just to one side of the end of the arm 26 and has adjustable stops 4| to limit the angular movement or the arm 26. A pivot 42, mounted in the arm 26, is engaged by a bearing yoke 43 which is connected, by means of a link 44, to the lower end of a metallic riboon 45 which overlies the curved surface of a sector-like cam 46 to which the ribbon is fixedly attached by means of a screw clamp 41. The sector-like cam 46 is an integral part of a pendulum body 48 which is pivotally mounted in bearings 49 located in a cross bracket 50 (see also Fig. V) supported by frame members 5|. The pendulum body 48 also includes two pendulum weights 52 and 53 which are adjustably mounted on stems 54 and 55 extending radially from the pendulum body 48. The weights 52 and 53 can be moved radially with respect to the axis of the pendulum body 48 to vary their load counterbalancing ability. The pendulum body 49 is mounted in the bearings 49 by means of axles 56 which extend horizontally from the pendulum body 48 and have sharp knife edges 51 cut in their upper surfaces. The outermost ends of the portions of the axles 56 which extend into the bearings 49 are turned down to a smaller diameter and have points at their very ends (Fig. III). Each of the bearings 49 consists of a housing 58 in which an outer race 59, side wall member 60 and a thrust receiving disk 6| are clamped by a retaining nut 62 threaded into the housing 58. The pointed end of the axle 56 bears against the disk 6|. Two balls 63 are located within the race and between the two opposing faces of a C shaped member 64. The two opposing faces of the member 64 embrace an angle of only a sufficient number of degrees to leave open a space within the race wide enough to permit the balls to travel back and forth on the inner surface of the race 59 under the rocking motion of the axle 56. The bearings 49 are clamped into substantially V shaped seats 65 in the cross bracket 50 byclamps 66 (Fig. II).

The lower end of the pendulum stem 54 is bifurcated (Figures VI and XIII) and has a double pointed pin 61 held between the bifurcations by a pointed set screw 68 which is screwed into the stem 54 through one of the bifurcations thereof. The pin 61 is mounted in conical bearings 69 in the body of a bell crank 10 for which the pin 61 serves as an axle. One of the bearings 69 is resiliently mounted in the bell crank 10 by means of a spring-like member 1| riveted to the bell crank 10 (Fig. VI). The bell crank 10 has one long substantially horizontal arm 12 which extends along the vertical plane of movement of the pendulum stem 54. The other arm of the bell crank 10 consists of two ears 13 through which are threaded horizontal screws 14 having concave depressions in their innermost ends. The screws 14 may be adjustably positioned in the ears 13 with relation to each other. A counterweight 15 is mounted on the bell crank 10 to counterbalance the weight of the arm 12.

The end of the arm 12 (Figs. XIII, XIV, XV) is turned at right angles to the body and split, the bifurcations straddlingly engaging an arcuate ribbon 16 which is fastened in blocks 11 through each of which there extends a screw 18 which is to a bracketrao fastenedxto thesbase 2I. Around .eachzzof the screws 18,;betweenthe'upperrarm of the ..U a shaped- .channel: :member' I 9 :and I the block 1131s. a? SDI/h1g1 8 I: which-works. against; the: .screw '18stox-hold 1the rblOCk: .I I ;-in=. its adjustedyposition. "ASI theapendulum: body 48;. pivots in the bearings and oscillates the pendulum stem: 54, the-arm -I2-; of. the :bell crank: slides along .thefribbon- 15.

Am. invertedrL w shaped member 82 (Fig. I V) mounted -:ontheeknife edges-5110f the axles 5G and. its dong arm-1 Bite-extends downward-1y, substantially-parallel to the .pendulum-stem :54. A ,weight-i82a is :attached .to: the upper ,partof the member 82 to balance the weight of the1arm 93.

The lowerendw-Of'. the arm-.83 IEigJXIListurned horizontally andthas.iastenedtheretma verticallyextending stud-.84. Q-An indicator .85 is attached to/the -arrni83 .(FiguresILand V) -and: sweeps over .a everticallydisposed .chartCBG which .is. located just-within-the .front: wall of I the .-housing. 2 0 and Visible throughQan opening- 181 therein. vArcu- .ately. arranged indicia.08..-l0cated-onthe chart :86. co,operate with the indicator-15am .indic-ate approximate ..we1g-ht and approach to iicorrect weight.

A clamping member 89 embracessthe stud-84 1;

.(Figures iXiand XI) :extendingdownwardly from the .arm -83 .and supportingan'arcuate transparent chartw90. Thechart-90is-disposed (Figures ILandV) "for .movement.in-a vertical plane parallel .to thosein whichthe pendulum stem 54 .and..arm.83.move. A ball ended stud 9I .(FigXI) is screwedrintothe body ofthe member 89' extending rearwardly therefrom the ball portion being loos'ely. embraced .by .the two concave ended screws 14 I(,Fig. VI) thus .forming an operative connectionbetween the.arm-83 and-.the shortarm of lthebe'll crank I0.

"The chart 90 (Figures X and XI) is .held-inthe clamping member 89 by meansaoftwo .screws 92 which bearlon its edge of. greater radius-and force its other edge .upwardly into avgroove 93 .in the member 89, against the action of a springM-lo- .cated in a borein the member 89 and by the clamping .actionof two screws .95which compress the chart 90. between the two .sides -of the groovef'93.

"The chart90 is substantially arcuate in. shape and transparent indicia; 96. are radially arranged thereon-in relation to the pivotal point of the chart'carryin'g'arm'fl. Alamp 91 andcondensing lens98 (Fig. V) arelocated with their center axes 'on a'horizontalline intersecting the. circumference "of a circle of which the. outeredges of the 'indicia*96" form an arc and at rightangles to a plane lying on :such circle. The lamp and lens are -1ocated"on'the same side'of the vertical plane of movement of thechart 90, near the front of the housing" 2 0,

LToprojecta perfect image, the chart 90 must be:so positioned-with'respect to the'beam" of light emanating from-the lamp 91' and condensed by the Jens/:98 that1the indicia -96 arealways in proper. focusrand normal to the beam of light. The-aclampingt member 89 is, therefore, adjustable in thefollowing ways. It is slidabl-y adjustable on thez-stud-fl, .by loosening screws 99,-to raise or lower the chart-s90 relatively :great distances. Smaller vertical=changesriniaposition can be made by tightening or loosening the two screws 92 simultaneously. 'TheItWOnSCIeWS 92, when the z scre'ws. 95-;are .=loosened;may;ber movedeimopposite :directions erelative to: each Dth81""130 madiust Lthe :concentriditypI-theiarcuatephart:9.0 withirespect to the pivot point-of-thezarmv83. -Wide' horizon- :talzangular adjustment of thenha'rt- 90 relativetto ;a;1-plane: -.at right r-anglesto -the-:beamxolf :light emanating-from: the .Iamp'iBI': and 1ens':98- is-raccomplishedby tumingthemember. 891m the stud .84. 'jEinersadjustm'ent ofsthepositionof the chart :90siulthe same respect-may be maderby turning ra :screw I00 :awhich 1 extends :between; two ears IN and Illliintegral with thezbodysofthezmember 89.

.-.The member 89*has a substantially usshapediportion which .-:extends -;'horizontally. The .chartrcarryingaportionpfi the :memberJSQ, its: lowerzsec- .tion; is :partially: separated from the reenter -.:U shaped portion :by'a groove I03. which .lies between the ear I02 and the lower arm of the U' shaped :portion and: extends ;.hroizontally almost. across the zpor-tionsof -.the':member 99 connecting 'the .lowerzarm .ofr the -..U shaped portionuto .the lower chart-marrying:.portion, The ear IOI ass-integral with tthe; lower :arm :of lthe U shaped 1 portion. .Bhuszturningathezscrew.. I 00 moves the ears. I'0I andi I02 relative-.tozeach other-rand twistsnthe coninectingwportion 1 I04 .01 .thetmember .-89'..to slightly swivel the chart- 90" with "respect to .the. center line of the stud--84. rAlStlld .lflizpasseszfvertically through .the upper sarmzof vithe= U shaped 1 portion and' is threaded into .the lower: armithereof. A collar .106 isxpinnedaround the stud: I 050 11% :be- .low the .upper arm of the .U shaped portion. Turning -.the studl I 05 .in .one .direction .LdI'flWS .the two arms-of the U towardeach other and turnirxg itwin the other :direction forcesthe ztwo Larms apart, .thecollarIlIB acting as a thrust against .the .upper'arm. The :cross v01 bodyportion I01 of theru Ja-ctsaas ar:flexure.plate and: its tension holds .thetwo :arms ofrthe U in the;position to Which-they are forced by. the action of the stud I05. This-adjustment varies the vertical angular position of thechartr90 with respect vtotits plane of movement.

Thepositionof the clamping member 89 on the stud .84 may beadjusted and then firmlylfixed atthe time of original .assemblyof the. scale. Anyslight further adjustments which, maybe necessary in use orato correctlatervisible faults strikes a second mirror I I I which .is .mounted on a bracket'IIZ fastened to the base 2 I near one side of the housing-20. "The'mirror III reflects the imageupwardly throughtlre 'housing20 where it strlkesa third mirror II3 adjustably supported in abracket I I4 whichis clamped toan. extension of one of the framemembers 5| '(Fig'. VIII). The mirror H3 is 1ocated-in the=upper rear cornerof the housing 20'and'ref1ects' the light beamsand image carried thereby 'toward'thejfront of'the housing 20 where they fall on a translucent screen II5 (Fig.*V) located immediately behind a windowed-opening I I6 in the front of the housing 20 .to forman image I II 'lFigJII) of :the indicia 96 'on-the-screen I I5.-

A combination prism and lens H8 (Fig. V and VIII) is mounted in a clamp H9 fastened to the bracket H4 and is located in the path, between the mirror H3 and the screen H5 of a ray of light projected and reflected by the system just described, which passes through a transparent arc-like area in the chart 90 extending along, and just removed from, the peripheral edge of the indicia 96. Because of the characteristics of the projecting lenses I08, this ray is divergent with respect to the light carrying the projected image of the indicia 96 and, therefore, strikes the combination prism and lens H8 which bends it in a substantially horizontal plane to swing it over adjacent to the image of the indicia 96 and focuses it in a plane at right angles thereto to form a thin indicating index I20 (Fig. II) on the screen I I 5,

When the pendulum arm 54 is swung by a load placed on the scale, the arm 83, because of the 1 connection between the ball-ended pin 9| and the bell crank "I0, is swung therewith. The arm I2 of the bell crank 10 slides along the ribbon I6. If there is an error in the mechanism, a fault in the chart 90, incorrectl spaced indicia 96, or other reason of like nature, the position of the chart 90 is not proper to line up the correct one of the indicia 96 with the light beam passing through the chart 90 to correctly indicate the weight of the load on the scale. This may be corrected by turning that one of the screws I8 which passes through the block 11 holding that portion of the ribbon 16 which is then straddled by the arm I2. The ribbon 1.6 is deformed at this point, which swings the arm 12 up or down, turning the bell crank I0 and swinging the arm 83 on the knife edges 51 behind or ahead of the posttion of the pendulum stem 54. This moves the chart 90 the proper distance to display the correct one of the indicia 96. A correction so made does not affect the operation of the scale at any other point and remains correct because the position of the arm 83 is always influenced the same amount when the arm 12 of the bell crank I0 passes over the deformed portion of the ribbon I6.

Four vertically extending rods I2I are located one at each corner of the base 2I to serve as guides for the housing 20 when it is removed or replaced to prevent its striking any of the mechanism. I

A canopy I22 (Figs. I, II and V) is attached to the exterior of the housing 2:] above and around the opening H6 to shade the screen H5 from reflected light. A magnifying lens I23 is pivotally attached to the housing 20 and may be swung up in front of the opening H6 to further magnify the projected image I I! of the chart 90.

The embodiment of the invention which has been disclosed may be modified to meet various requirements.

Having described the invention, I claim:

1. In a projecting value measuring instrument, a condition responsive element, a transparent indicia-bearing member, means for mounting said member on said element, a projection system comprising a lamp, lenses, mirrors and a screen for receiving images, said member being movable through the light emanating from said lamp whereby an image of the transparent indicia borne by said member corresponding to the magnitude of the condition to which said element is responsive is projected onto said screen, the mounting means for said member including means for deforming said mounting means in two planes at right angles to each other for positioning said member normal to such light emanating from said lamp.

2. A mounting bracket for the transparent indicia-bearing member of a projecting value measuring instrument comprising means for adjustably clamping said member in said bracket for positioning said member so that all such indicia pass through the same point when said member is moved in response to changes in the value of the conditions under measurement, means for adjustably deforming a portion of said bracket for varying the horizontal angular relationship between said member and its plane of movement and means for adjustably deforming a second portion of said bracket for varying the vertical angular relationship between said member and such plane.

3. In a weighing scale, in combination, load counterbalancing mechanism including a load responsive member, a transparent indicia-bearing chart, means for projecting an image of said chart to indicate the value of loads on said scale and means for mounting said chart on said member, the last named means comprising a bracket having adjustably deformable portions in two planes at right angles to each other and means for adjustably deforming portions of the bracket to vary the angular relationship of the chart in the projection plane.

4. In a projecting weighing attachment, in combination, automatic load counterbalancing mechanism including a pivotally mounted load responsive member, an arcuate transparent indicia-bearing chart, a mounting for said chart attached to said member, and a projection system including a screen for projecting an image of said chart onto said screen, said chart being mounted in said mounting from one of the ends of the chart, and means included in said mounting for varying the concentricity of said arcuate chart with respect to the pivotal point of said respon sive member.

5. In a weighing scale, in combination, load counterbalancing mechanism, a projection system, a transparent indiciabearing member op,- eratively connected to said load counterbalancing mechanism, a screen, the indicia borne by said member being projected onto said screen by said projecting system, said member being moved by said mechanism to position for projection by said system that one of said indicia corresponding to the load on said scale, a bracket for supporting said member from said load counterbalancing mechanism and means in said bracket to adjustably deform portions of said bracket and thereby adjust said member in both vertical and horizon tal angular relation to the plane of movement of said member and said projecting system.

6. In a weighing scale, in combination, load counterbalancing mechanism including a pivotally movable member, an arcuate transparent indicia-bearing chart, a bracket mounted on said member for supporting said chart, means in said bracket for adjusting the concentricity of said chart with respect to the pivot point of said membracket to vary the vertical angular relationship of said chart and such plane.

LAWRENCE S. WILLIAMS. 

